Georgia Arbor Day and Forestry Day at the Capitol

Yesterday, forestry professionals from across the state gathered at the State Capitol Forestry Day. Gary White, Joe Burgess and Susan Granbery from the Sustainable Community Forestry Program, and our partners from Trees Atlanta and the Georgia Urban Forest Council, were photographed with Governor Nathan Deal as Georgia’s Arbor Day was proclaimed. Arbor Day is officially February 18, the third Friday in February in Georgia.

The Georgia Forestry Foundation and the Georgia Forestry Association held a press conference to release the results of a study by Rebecca Moore at University of Georgia, Quantifying the Benefits of Non-timber Ecosystem Services. Read more about it in today’s Atlanta Journal-Constitution.http://www.ajc.com/business/uga-puts-an-environmental-832905.html